Cultural Region/Midwest
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Ottawa
$24.99 Read moreOttawa is a city rich in history going back to the 1820s. It was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, and even a famous Civil War general was from Ottawa. The city has an enormous heritage in… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Ridings, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0738588571
- Language: English
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul
$19.00 Add to cartStep into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history-and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee dist… [more below]
- Author: Abbott, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0812975995
- Language: English
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Brewtown Tales: More Stories from Milwaukee and Beyond
$24.95 Read moreJohn Gurda’s South Side Milwaukee family loved potluck dinners. “From the Jell-O salads at the start of the line through the hot dishes in the middle and on to the pumpkin bars at the end, the food wa… [more below]
- Author: Gurda, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 087020999X
- Language: English
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St. Paul Murder & Mayhem
$24.99 Read moreA fledgling community in the midst of stunning natural scenes, the St. Paul of yesteryear had a well-earned reputation for beauty and danger.
Whiskey made the river city a byword for peril. Men brawl
- Series: Murder & Mayhem
- Author: de Beaulieu, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155063
- Language: English
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Streeterville: Chicago’s Most Exciting Neighborhood
$24.99 Read moreMeet the Chicagoans who had the vision — or the chicanery — to turn a worthless marsh into the amazing cityscape that is modern Streeterville.
The towering buildings between beautiful Lake Michigan a
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Klatt, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151572
- Language: English
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Chicago Marching: A History of Protest, Authority & Violence
$23.99 Read moreExamine the inflection points in Chicago’s history of protest. A word packed with meaning and emotion, “protest” can be synonymous with both free speech and rioting. Chicago’s citizens and city offici… [more below]
- Author: Rulli, Joseph Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151432
- Language: English
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Ohio Ice Cream: A Scoop of History
$21.99 Read moreCups, Cones & Claims to Fame in the Buckeye State
Drawing on a rich dairy heritage, Ohio has whipped up an ice cream industry worthy of tourism. The state has legitimate claims as the birthplace of th
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Cook, Renee Casteel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150967
- Language: English
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Cheers to Michigan: A Celebration of Cocktail Culture and Craft Distillers
$19.95 Read moreCheers to Michigan is a toast to cocktail culture in the Mitten and the state’s flourishing craft cocktail and distillery movements. Based on Cheers , Lester Graham and Tammy Coxen’s popular cocktail … [more below]
- Author: Coxen, Tammy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0472037528
- Language: English
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Secret Wichita: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Whiteside, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064936
- Language: English
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Northbound Lights: Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin
$24.99 Add to cartWith 145 color photographs and maps, Northbound Lights: Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin presents a visual history of contemporary changes to the railroad networks across these two states in the G
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Burkhardt, D. C. Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994612
- Language: English
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Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives
$22.00 Read moreThe variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single place. But since 1981, the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives has striven to do just that, amassing a wea… [more below]
- Author: D’Emilio, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2020
- ISBN10: 022672753X
- Language: English
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Historic Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks
$21.95 Read moreHistoric Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state’s national… [more below]
- Author: O’Connor Davis, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493055399
- Language: English
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The Cereal Killer Chronicles of Battle Creek
$21.99 Read moreAt the convergence of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Rivers lies Cereal City, USA. Named after a bloody battle between Native Americans and land surveyors, Battle Creek is most famously the home of th… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Carpenter, Jenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149497
- Language: English
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Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company
$25.00 Read moreThis is the story of the crayon. Following the Civil War, three entrepreneurial families took their innovative ideas for school chalk from the kitchen stove and transformed them into the American Cray… [more below]
- Series: Ohio History and Culture
- Author: Kropf, John Whitworth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1629222275
- Language: English
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The Witch of Mansfield: The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise
$24.99 Read moreMeet one of Richland County’s most colorful citizens.
There are those who thought Phebe Wise was a witch. More thought that the cranky old lady was “tetched,” meaning crazy. And she was crazy–like
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Jordan, Mark S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155217
- Language: English
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Son of Southern Illinois: Glenn Poshard’s Life in Politics and Education
$28.95 Read moreA life of principles, service, and faith
This first biography of Glenn Poshard traces the life of a young man who rose from rural poverty in Southern Illinois to become a United States congressman a- Author: Walworth, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339188
- Language: English
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The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes
$16.95 Read more“Our country is lucky to have Jerry Dennis. A conservationist with the soul of a poet whose beat is Wild Michigan, Dennis is a kindred spirit of Aldo Leopold and Sigurd Olson. The Windward Shore—his
- Author: Dennis, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0472035258
- Language: English
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Chicago Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home
$16.99 Read moreKeen to explore a different side of Chicago? Like a Local is the book for you.
This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. Beyond the sporting stadiums and skyscrapers, you’ll find vegan diners, late-night- Series: Local Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0241568498
- Language: English
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Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Values
$15.95 Add to cartJerry Apps details the virtues and hardships of rural living.
“Do your chores without complaining. Show up on time. Do every job well. Always try to do better. Never stop learning. Next year will be- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0870208632
- Language: English
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Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters
$16.99 Read more“Hits the mark.”–Kirkus
An engaging middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who bravely fought in the Civil War from Sibert Award-winning author Sally M. Walker. More than 2- Author: Walker, Sally M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1250833221
- Language: English
